Buddhism doesn't work that way. Merely believing in some doctrine about reincarnation or rebirth has no purpose. Buddhism is a practice that enables experiencing illusion as illusion and reality as reality. The Buddha taught that our delusional belief in me causes our many dissatisfactions with life (dukkha).
Or read on for a primer. On the evening of February 26, Trayvon Martinâan unarmed 17-year-old African American studentâwas confronted, shot, and killed near his home by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain in Sanford, Florida.
George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch crime captain who shot dead 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, originally told police in a written statement that Martin knocked him down with a punch to the nose, repeatedly slammed his head on the ground and tried to take his gun, a police source told ABC News. Zimmerman had claimed he had called police about Martin, whom he found suspicious, then went back to his car when Martin attacked him, punching him. The new information is the most complete version yet of what Zimmerman claims happened on the night of Feb. 26 when he shot and killed the teenager.